I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

Cheers,
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This entry is very special… one of the first that i actually Written it on a Paper and not directly on a PC; so here it goes:

“ I’m now in an airplane heading from Seattle – US to Frankfurt – Germany in a 10h flight..

When you fly a lot across continents, you realize how remarkable the world we live in and how time is spread all over it… when i left Seattle it was almost 2 PM, few hours later i looked outside the window to see a very special scene… the moon… a FULL MOON… so perfect and so clean… i never saw the moon that close before…

(i actually took this photo from the airplane)

That inspired me to open my Paper notebook and start writing… and while everyone around me started sleeping and just when the lights on the plane went down.. i Just realized something….

Just because it’s “Suddenly 4 AM” doesn’t mean that i should feel sleepy!!!

Which led me to a nice conclusion… lots of time we get carried away doing stuff that we don’t particularly want or desire… just because doing them is what’s appropriate at the time..

So my advice to you is the following:

Don’t do something just because it’s what’s appropriate at a given time / location.. do it because it’s what you would do in ANY given time or location.. Because if you had the power to slide into a different time or location… Your Goals Wouldn’t Change…   Only constraints will.. and your Life will go on… like the moon is always the same size no matter where or when we see it..”

Cheers,
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Today it was raining a LOT in Lebanon, i woke up hearing the sound of the rain on my balcony; it was an eternally amazing feeling to see how a small drop of water that can do small & even un-noticed effect on practically anything… can do so much when there’s 100s of 1000s of them dropping all over..

Today was different for me… because i know that i’m a different person than i was before.. therefore i’m going to show you the 2 faces i have now… the old one .. and the new one…

The first face –> the old me… today would’ve been like this… i woke up.. i hear the rain whispering in my ears.. i would’ve definitely feel nostalgic… and i would’ve watched it … while singing in silence… and that would be my song…

I Wish I was a Poet By: Janny Loseth

I've listen to the falling rain play rhythms on my roof that takes me far away remembering a love song… Impossible for me to tell how many times I've tried to describe to you the way I felt about you Sometimes I felt that rock'n'roll no longer had no sense at all the songs I used to sing never brought you closer....

la,la,la,la....

I stopped beneath a falling star and wished I was a poet who'd express himself in beautiful confessions

I'd tell you how you cause me pain each time I stood before you betrayed by all the needs that burn inside me....

la,la,la,la….

The Second Face: the current / new me… today Goes LIKE THIS… i woke up.. i see the rain… i remember that it’s December… the month that has hold everything… the month that has all the memories.. all the changes.. i look back… i remembered that it happened that i used to have a 1:1 dance every 3 years… just one… with a special someone then… today i look at the rain and i smile… because that chapter of my life has ended and a new one has just started…

and it has a Title…

I’m Saving my Last Dance….

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GLENN MEDEIROS & ELSA UN ROMAN D'AMITIE

Sometimes I think of me and you
And every now and then I think
We'll never make it through
We go through some crazy times
And everytime I wonder if I'll be losing you
But I never do

Oh my friend you give me a reason
To keep me here believing
That we'll always be together this way
And you know my friend you give me a reason
To make me stay
And even through the longest night the feeling survives
Seems that I can just look at you
And I find the reason in your eyes

Tu sais il me faudra encore du temps
Pour être sure d'aimer quelqu'un et de l'aimer vraiment
On a toute la vie devant nous
Mais garde bien tes sentiments
Et puis surtout
Ecris-moi souvent

Un roman d'amitié
Qui s'élance comme un oiseau
Pas une histoire d'amour vacances
Qui finit dans l'eau
C'est un long roman d'amitié
Qui commence entre nous deux
Magique adolescence
Où tout est un jeu
Quand tu prends ma main tout va bien
Fais comme tu veux mais ne dis rien
Une amitié qui s'élance
Comme l'envol d'un oiseau
Pas un amour vacances
Qui finit dans l'eau

C'est un long roman d'amitié
Qui commence entre nous deux
Magique adolescence
Où tout est un jeux
And you know when you look at me
You'll find the reason in my eyes
Quand tu prends ma main
Quand tu prends ma main
Fais comme tu veux mais ne dis rien

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A very Special Song that reminds me of when i was a Teenager... Hope you like it;

Cheers,
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 For many years i've been asking my self this one question: if i would to vanish tomorrow... What would i want as my legacy?

That specific Question kept on influencing my life... kept on influencing the way i was looking at life... kept on influencing practically everything i did... Kept on influencing SAMER...

At September  1st 2008 at almost 5 AM... i changed my Facebook Status to ... 1.9.08 the Dawn of a New Era..

At that specific Day i decided to start a new era of my life... With Only One Focus... A Focus on Answering this question: "if i would to vanish tomorrow.. What would i want as my legacy?"

 Well for the People who really know me closely... they already sensed that.. i started to take care of my health more... Work out regulary.. and  i'm giving more time to friends and family ( still need some work in this area... but i'm trying  )... and thinking more out of the Box.. and one of my favorite time of the day... is when i hold my mobile in the evening before i sleep and start DELETING OLD Text MESSAGES... (YES DELETING THEM!!!! ... Especially those from CH****L  for those who are asking now )... My Past did DEFINE my Life... But it wont Define the way i'm going to live any more... They are all Sweet Memories that i will always live with... and will put a light to my Future...

 Today i was working out in the GYM and i was watching an interesting and yet VERY INSPIRING show... That was about "The Last Lecture"... here's a Brief on that..

On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.

 http://www.thelastlecture.com/ 

  The show was very Touching... i really had tears in my eyes... hearing the story of a person i really don't know... and i knew about him for minutes... luckily it was almost 6:30 AM so noone was around to see me ..

I Always knew that whatever you have for your self will go when you're gone (money... cars.. houses.. etc)... But your influence on others Would Last Forever...

For many This seems very hard... you may think that only Inventors, Writers, Poets, Artists and some big rich or very successful people etc can make difference in other people's lives...  in countries or economies... or can define the world we live in today.... Well guess What! you can be a farmer who live in a place where he haven't met more than 10 people in his entire childhood and not more than 100 people in his enitre life... and still live with the same level of happiness and self satisfaction of a very successul Billionaire...

Conclusion: The WORLD is Very BIG!!! with Unlimited Possibilities... But YOUR World is Smaller than you think... that's why there are moments in life where you can forget who you are or where you are just by looking at the smile of a child... or the beautify of a flower moving slowly by the wind...

 I saw a movie once.. it's called the "Holy Man" it had Eddie Murphy in it... there was this scene when he was talking about the story of the girl who was running on the beach to help the small fishes who reach the beach & stay on the sand until they die... so she was throwing them back to the sea.. it seemed like a hopless effort... so he asked her: "why are you doing this?.. you know that you can't make a difference... there are too many fishes and you can't stop what's happening"... she smilled at him and held one dying fish and throw it back to the sea... and told him... "FOR THIS PARTICULAR FISH... IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!"....

My Niece Ghida (God Bless her Soul) died from Cancer few months ago.. she was barely 3 years old.. she tought me & my family the meaning of life in ways you will never imagine.. she didn't graduated from university; she didn't built a hospital or won a nobel prize.. she didn't even realize what was happening around her.. and yet she managed to influence others...

SO CAN YOU.....

  I had an interesting chat with a friend of mine last week.. i was telling her about how many difficulties i'm passing through in my personal life... and i really loved the story she told me.. there was a 10 years old girl complaining to her mother about school.. teachers.. friends... father.. toys.. etc.. and how life is hard and had soo many negative things in it...

the mother smilled and asked her.. what do you like the most... the girls said ... i like CAKE... so the mom took her daughter to the kitchen.. and told her: open your mouth... and then she put Flour in it... the girl was surprised.. and said what's that?? ... she then broke an egg.. and said . open your mouth... the girl was also very surprised... and said "Mommy... why is that??? i thought we were having Cake.... all of that tasts awefull!!!" ... the mother smilled and told her...

"Sweety... Flour.. Eggs... and lots of other ingrediant that tastes horrible alone... Would Make a Nice and really Tasty Cake  " 

  So the Moral of my Post.. is that you really can't teach anyone anything... but you can tell them stories and have them decide how they would want to apply them to their lives... and best of all.. Make your Life Story... an Inspiring Story that would influence others...

Samer

I dedicate this Post to Professor Randy Pausch May God Bless His Soul

Hey.. it's me again :P...

i was chating with a friend today (a Nice Friend :o) ).. and i was telling her about this Song... this is perhaps the only song that i refused to memorize the lyrics... i just let go and have it touch my heart and soul... i just feel that an Angel someplace is telling me to Smile..

with no particular reason... this song has been on my mind for the past few days.. and i know that when i listen to it... i'm not focusing on the words or the lyrics.. but on how beautiful this song it... i only know one sentence of it.. All i need is you My Valentine..

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Hey Everyone,

I'm writing from the Middle of the RED SEA, seriously! I'm on a Boat with some of my friends and colleagues and we have spent 1 night in middle of nowhere and it was FANTASTIC!

It's like 6:15 AM now, the sun has already risen, but it still feels like "Morning", it's Windy so the boat is shaking which makes me more inspired & excited to write …

Yesterday was extra-ordinary, I dived for the first time, and it's an original experience, no matter how many movies you've seen you have to try it..

In the Afternoon I saw DOLPHINS!!!! One of my favorite creatures, I was soooooo excited and my cheeks hurt from smiling,

In the evening we sat on top of the boat with a guitar and sang some old Country songs, chatted a lot and even started composing a Neat song :o)..

What I liked about that day was that for once in a long while, I was Disconnected from everything; I didn't open my laptop ( I'm talking about yesterday :P ) my mobile was off, I simply didn't want to think of anything else;

You know a lot of time you have a lot going on in your life and definitely a lot on your mind… you try to relax and take a break but you simply take a physical break and keep everything working in your head.. So try to sometimes take a Brain Vacation.. And relax and don't think of anything at all or think of something that is not related to your work or life… like for instance right now I'm looking at a spot in the middle of the sea… where you find some birds doing some acrobat moves jumping vertically into the water to grab a fish..

I mean life is so fascinating and it's happening around you.. You need to take some time out and let go … you would be impressed to know that you don't need 7 days of holidays to relax… or those 100 hours of sleep.. All you need sometimes is just take it easy..

Cheers,

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This is relatively an Old Song i was listening to it this morning.. i believe it has very interesting advices.. i Highlighted the Lines  that i liked about.. also watch the Video it's also interesting...

Cheers,
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

I went to the States for like 14 days, to attend several events in Orlando & Seattle... and as you know flying from Beirut through Paris to US is a long way... and it happened that i watched the Movie "Music & Lyrics" Starring Hugh Grant & Drew Barrymore;

2 Words: Fantastic Movie!

The main Song of the movie "Way back into Love" just described the way i was feeling... here are the Lyrics for it:

After a LONG periode of sadness .. and feeling down... it's OVER .. Yes .. My HeartAck is over.. so this is my final Poem / Song i'm writing..

Dream About you

The Sky couldn't stop Raining in lebanon tonight... So did my heart.. it didn't stop crying..

i lost the most preciouse part of me tonight ... i lost My Chantal...

She is the most Adorable Person i ever met... and i love her more than i love my self..

She was the First thing on my Mind when i wake up and the last thing before i sleep...

i loved her from the minute i saw her .. and i will Never Forget her..

She Deserved everything i gave her... She Deserved Me..

I don't think i would EVER Love someone as much as i Loved her...

i was True to Her .. as she was True to me .. and she represented everything Real in my life...

With Her i felt Alive... like i never felt before...

I will Never Forget you Chantal... As Long as i live...

I did everything i could to make our relationship work... i swear...

I Love you Bebeyteh... and i'll always be there for you...

Goodbye My Lover .. Goodbye My Friend .. you have been the One...

Your SAM

Hey,

Today is My Birthday... i'm now 26...

the past year was the best year in my life so far ... i really hope i can KEEP ON...

I wish my self luck ... as many MANNNNYYYYY things are changing in my life ... Hopefully for the Best...

Cheers,
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